LIVE: DRY THE RIVER – 04/10/2014
Dry The River – ACADEMY 2, MANCHESTER – After an extended organ drone intro, Dry The River arrive on stage looking more like The Eagles than ever – all hair and plaid. Lead singer Peter Liddle is clad head-to-toe in white and looks like Gareth from The Office playing Jesus. They crack on with the title track of their recently released second album Alarms In The Heart. Highlight track ‘New Ceremony’ from their debut album Shallow Bed sparks an early... Read More
KARIMA FRANCIS PERFORMS LIVE FOR FIRST SILENT SESSION VIDEO
Silent Radio was extremely proud to have the one and only Karima Francis perform live for our very first Silent Session. The session was recorded during the weekly live radio show on Fab Radio International. More details can be found on our Radio Show page. You can also hear the full interview and show on the same page. Read More
TELEMAN UNVEIL NEW ‘MAINLINE’ VIDEO
Teleman have unveiled the playful – and somewhat disturbing – video for new single ‘Mainline’, due for release on 10th November via Moshi Moshi Records and taken from their debut album, Breakfast. Directed by the band’s own Jonny Sanders, the video utilizes slo-mo to great effect; tea dresses and windswept wigs are teamed with bursting fruit, raw egg eating and china smashing, resulting in a shattered, stomach-churning montage of carnage.The band... Read More
GRUFF RHYS SHARES VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE ‘LOST TRIBES’
Gruff Rhys has unveiled the video for Lost Tribes, the 3rd single from his critically acclaimed 2014 album American Interior. Lost Tribes is a song about the 18th century explorer John Evans’s misguided quest to find a lost Welsh tribe in the American interior – thought to be descendants of the mythical 12th century prince – Madog. In this video directed by Dylan Goch, Gruff Rhys dresses for the wilderness in the guise of a Welsh radical, sartorially inspired... Read More
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING SECOND ALBUM DETAILS AND TRAILER
Public Service Broadcasting Following the critical and commercial success of their debut album last year and 18 months’ extensive touring across the world, Public Service Broadcasting have confirmed the release of their eagerly anticipated second album, The Race For Space. To mark the occasion, the band will perform two very special live transmissions from the National Space Centre, Leicester, on 26 & 27 February 2015. Tickets go on sale Wednesday 8 October at 9am. On Saturday... Read More
FRACTURES NEW VIDEO ‘IT’S ALRIGHT’
Australian solo outfit Fractures has released a new video for ‘It’s Alright’, the latest track to be taken from the acclaimed new EP Fractures (out now). The new video is a collaboration between Fractures & Australian filmmaker Matthew Chuang and tracks the languorous, multi-tracked vocals of ‘It’s Alright’ to an exploration of the ‘Ghost Town’ of Pripyat, near Chernobyl, abandoned ever since 1986. Tracing a fictional former inhabitant’s movements through... Read More
LIVE: JESSIE WARE – 03/10/2014
Jessie Ware – MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL, MANCHESTER – This is first time I’ve ever stepped foot in Manchester Cathedral full stop, never mind stepping in whilst drinking cans of Red Stripe and watching a gig. For tonight we are all here to worship at the alter of Jessie Ware, the sultry London songstress who first bewitched us with her vocals for Joker and SBTRKT before launching herself as a full solo artist with 2012’s magnificent ‘Devotion’. Tonight she’s in... Read More
04/10/2014
No guests on this show, but we managed to fit in 18 great tracks. Our radio show goes out live every Saturday 3-5 on Fab Radio International. TRACK LISTING Tom Vek – Sherman / Childhood – As I Am / The Travelling Band – Passing Ships / Jesca Hoop – Seed Of Wonder / Outfit – Thank God I Was Dreaming / FKA Twigs – Two Weeks / Crocodiles – I Wanna Kill / Dustin Wong & Takako Minekawa – Pastel Ice Date / Sauna... Read More
DUSTIN WONG & TAKAKO MINEKAWA SHARE HAND-DRAWN VIDEO FOR ‘PASTEL ICE DATE’
This week sees the release of Dustin Wong and Takako Minekawa second album “Savage Imagination” as a duo, and shows their collaboration in full bloom. It is an collection of vibrant pop music, laced with the sounds of video games (Mario Kart!!), radiophonic experiments, and indigenous music from around the world. Watch the brilliant animated video for the album’s closing track “Pastel Ice Date” below:Dustin explains to process of making the video… “I... Read More
GIRLPOOL SELF-TITLED DEBUT EP + HEAR TRACK ‘JANE’
Girlpool are an LA-based duo with a compelling DIY-sound. Wichita Recordings will be releasing a remastered version of their already critically acclaimed debut self-titled EP physically & digitally on Nov 17th. The pair have shared track ‘Jane’ from the forthcoming record and are set to play their first ever UK dates later this year, with a London show at Sebright Arms on 19th Nov supporting Alex G. ‘Jane’ is an empowering anthem indicative of the vulnerable and raw... Read More
